Party Unity
We’ve heard quite a bit out of the MSM this year (and last) about the Republican Party being “fractured”, but I’m watching the Democratic debate on CNN right now and the immediate thought that comes to mind is, “They all hate each other.”
Sens. Clinton, Obama, and Edwards are all seriously tearing into each other on policy as well as personal terms. Constantly, they are cutting each other off with things like “Barack, that’s just not true…” and “John, why are you still here?” (Ok, that last one was made up, but the point remains that they are really going for the throat with each other here)
One has to wonder if this continues, will their supporters be able to rally around the eventual winner? Iraq is increasingly becoming less of an issue because of the tremendous work of our troops in securing the country. Without this issue as the banner under which all the Democrats can call for defeat, what will they rally around?
UPDATED: Post-debate I found some of the real quotes demonstrating the vicious attack they were all lobbing at each other. Some valid points made by them all, haha. Enjoy -
Hillary on Obama:
“It’s hard to have a straight up debate with you because you never take responsibility for any vote,” Clinton said at one point.
Obama on Hillary:
While he was serving as a community organizer in Chicago, said Obama, Clinton was serving as a “corporate lawyer on the board of Wal-Mart.”
More Clinton on Barack:
Clinton matched Obama’s howitzer with one of her own, noting that while she was fighting Reagan’s policies Obama was “practicing law and representing your contributor Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago “– a reference to indicted real estate developer Antoin Rezko.
UPDATED 2: Mark Halperin has some quotes and links to stories covering the quite tenacious Democratic debate.